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| Thursday, 19 December, 2002, 13:42 GMT New Dons back in Merton ![]() AFC Wimbledon have their own logo AFC Wimbledon will play in their home borough of Merton next season after agreeing to groundshare with Tooting & Mitcham. The Combined Counties League side - formed by Wimbledon fans angry at the Nationwide Division One side`s planned move to Milton Keynes - will move into Tooting & Mitcham's new 3,500-capacity stadium. Lord Faulkner, vice chair of the Government's Football Task Force, welcomed the agreement. "This is wonderful news for football supporters in Wimbledon," he said. "AFC Wimbledon is a fantastic success story, and its formation and continuing progress represent one of the most heartening developments in English football today." |
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